The technology and manufacturing conglomerate from Morris Township, N.J., earned $251 million, or 32 cents per share, for the three months ended Dec. 31. That compares with a loss of $310 million, or 40 cents per share, a year earlier.

Excluding pension-related costs, earnings were $1.10 per share. That matched the expectations of analyst polled by FactSet.

Revenue edged up 1 percent to $9.58 billion from $9.47 billion on stronger sales from its automation and control solutions division and performance materials and technologies unit.

Wall Street predicted revenue of $9.51 billion.

Honeywell's stock rose 76 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $69 in premarket trading. That is near the upper end of its 52-week range of $52.21 to $69.21.

Full-year net income increased 42 percent to $2.93 billion, or $3.69 per share, from $2.07 billion, or $2.61 per share, in the previous year. Annual revenue rose 3 percent to $37.67 billion from $36.53 billion.

Honeywell International Inc. said Friday that it still expects adjusted 2013 earnings of $4.75 to $4.95 per share. Revenue is predicted between $39 billion and $39.5 billion.

Analysts forecast earnings of $4.93 per share on revenue of $39.36 billion.